PharmD Degree Program

Residencies open the door for diverse careers in pharmacy

Fri Mar 4, 2022
Burbige and Alcala

Eugene Burbige, PharmD, left, and Francesca Alcala, PharmD, both pursued specialties in pharmacy via UCSF residencies.

Newly-minted pharmacists gain specialized skills through residencies.

Town Hall: Return to on-site work

Thu Mar 3, 2022
Representatives from the School’s departments provided updates on their respective return to on-site work policies.

From haircuts to high blood pressure management

Thu Feb 17, 2022
Two pharmacists walking past two barbers and their clients in a barbershop
Elisabeth Fall

Crystal Zhou, PharmD, carrying a box of COVID-19 vaccines, walks into the Chicago 2 Barbershop alongside Sarah Chong, PharmD. The two pharmacists are collaborating with the Cut Hypertension Program to provide health care services free of charge to barbershop clients.

Crystal Zhou, PharmD, teams up with the Cut Hypertension Program to provide medication management and COVID vaccines in Black-owned barbershops.

UCSF School of Pharmacy leads in NIH funding for the 42nd straight year

Tue Feb 15, 2022
Ahituv and Inoue
Susan Merrell

Nadav Ahituv, PhD (right), works in his lab with postdoctoral researcher Fumitaka Inoue, PhD.

School research into health, disease, and medicine earned the most NIH research dollars of any U.S. pharmacy school for the 42nd consecutive year.

PharmD Degree Program renews accreditation through 2030

Tue Feb 8, 2022
The School's doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) degree program received its renewed accreditation from the ACPE.

Kearney named interim dean of UCSF School of Pharmacy

Fri Jan 14, 2022
Kearney
Kaz Tsuruta

Thomas Kearney, PharmD

The search for the School’s next dean is ongoing.

Faculty members inducted into the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator Program

Thu Jan 13, 2022
Gartner holding a petri dish
Barbara Ries

Zev Gartner, PhD, was one of six School of Pharmacy faculty members to be named a Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator in 2022.

Gartner, Huang, Manglik, Kortemme, Savic, and Shipman honored for visionary research endeavors

Researchers pioneer new method to edit genes in human cells

Thu Jan 6, 2022

Beyond the spike protein

Mon Jan 3, 2022
Human cells dotted with viral particles
NIAID/NIH

A human cell (green) infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (purple). Research from QBI has identified how the Alpha variant of the virus evades the human immune system.

Findings from QBI point to a host of viral proteins that enable SARS-CoV-2 variants to evade the immune system.

UCSF researchers develop a new drug regimen to combat malaria in children

Thu Dec 16, 2021
Child sitting on a bed surrounded by a bed net
UK Department for International Development

A child sits on a bed surrounded by a bed net intended to prevent mosquito bites that could transmit malaria, Kenya. A new drug regimen developed at UCSF offers children improved protection against the disease.

Study shows that monthly doses of two common anti-malarial drugs for the first few years of life can provide 95 percent protection against the disease.

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